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- If you "still" need help on how to use 还 (hái), then this is the page for you.
- == 还在 Followed by Verb ==
- === Structure ===
- 还 (hái) can be used to indicate that something is continuing - that it's ''still'' a particular way.
- <div class="jiegou">
- Subj. + 还在 + Verb
- </div>
- Often the [[auxiliary verb]] 在 will appear with 还, as it is natural to talk about ''continuous'' actions that are ''still'' happening.
- === Examples ===
- <div class="liju">
- *这 件 事情 我 <em>还在</em> 考虑 。<span class="pinyin">Zhèjiàn shìqing wǒ <em>háizài</em> kǎolǜ.</span><span class="trans">I am still thinking about this piece of matter.</span>
- *十 点 了，你 <em>还在</em> 睡？<span class="pinyin">Shí diǎn le, nǐ <em>háizài</em> shuì? </span><span class="trans">It's ten o'clock, are you still sleeping? </span>
- *你 <em>还在</em> 生气 吗 ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>háizài</em> shēngqì ma? </span><span class="trans">Are you still mad?</span>
- *你 <em>还在</em> 用 那个 旧 手机 啊？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>háizài</em> yòng nàge jiù shǒujī a?</span><span class="trans">Are you still using that old cell phone?</span>
- *他 怎么 <em>还在</em> 玩 游戏 ？明天 不是 有 考试 吗 ？<span class="pinyin">Tā zěnme <em>hái zài</em> wán yóuxì? Míngtiān bù shì yǒu kǎoshì ma?</span><span class="trans">Why are you still playing online games? Isn't there gonna be a exam tomorrow?</span>
- </div>
- == 还是 Followed by Verb ==
- Here 还是 indicates things happened or will happen despite the situation.
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- === Structure ===
- <div class="jiegou">
- Situation, (但是 / 可是 +) Subj. + 还是 + [Verb Phrase]
- </div>
- === Examples ===
- <div class="liju">
- *我 看 了 好 几 遍，<em>还是</em> 记 不 住。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ kàn le hǎo jǐ biàn, <em>háishì</em> jì bu zhù.</span><span class="trans">I read several times, but I still can't remember it.</span>
- *父母 不 同意 他 去，可是 他 <em>还是</em> 去 了。<span class="pinyin">Fùmǔ bù tóngyì tā qù, kěshì tā <em>háishì</em> qù le.</span><span class="trans">He still went there although his patents disagreed.</span>
- *医生 不 让 她 喝酒，但 她 <em>还是</em> 天天 喝。<span class="pinyin">Yīshēng bù ràng tā hējiǔ, dàn tā <em>háishì</em> tiāntiān hē.</span><span class="trans">The doctor told her to stop drinking alcohol, but she still drinks it everyday.</span>
- *老师 虽然 生病 了，但 <em>还是</em> 来 上课 了。<span class="pinyin">Lǎoshī suīrán shēngbìng le, dàn <em>háishì</em> lái shàngkè le.</span><span class="trans">The teacher still made it to the class although she got sick.</span>
- *他 在 中国 住 了 两 年 多 ，<em>还是</em> 不 太 了解 中国 。 <span class="pinyin">Tā zài Zhōngguó zhù le liǎng nián duō, <em>háishì</em> bù tài liǎojiě Zhōngguó.</span><span class="trans">He lived in China for 10 years while he still doesn't know much about China.</span>
- </div>
- == Using 还 with 不 and 没 ==
- === Structure ===
- When you put 不 or 没 after 还 (hái) in a question sentence, it can be used to emphasize the idea of what ''should'' be happening in a more idiomatic way.
- <div class="jiegou">
- Subj. + 还 + 不 / 没 + Verb + Obj.
- </div>
- === Examples ===
- <div class="liju">
- *他 <em>还 没</em> 到 。<span class="pinyin">Tā <em>hái méi</em> dào. </span><span class="trans">He hasn't arrived yet.</span>
- *你<em>还 没</em> 吃饭 ？ <span class="expl">implying the listener should go to eat</span><span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>hái méi</em> chīfàn?</span><span class="trans">You still haven't eaten?</span>
- *你们 <em>还 不</em> 走 ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐmen <em>hái bù</em> ?</span><span class="trans">Aren't you guys not leaving?</span>
- *我 <em>还 没</em> 下班 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>hái méi</em> xiàbān.</span><span class="trans">I haven't left work yet.</span>
- *我 对 你 那么 好 ，你 <em>还 不</em> 满意？ <span class="expl">implying the listener shouldn't be so glum</span><span class="pinyin">Wǒ duì nǐ nàme hǎo, nǐ <em>hái bù</em> mǎnyì?</span><span class="trans">I treat you so well, but you're still not satisfied?</span>
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- == Sources and further reading ==
- === Books ===
- * [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed)]] (pp. 122) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
- * [[Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1]] (pp. 157) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276792/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276792 →buy]
- * [[New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)]] (pp. 103) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X →buy]
- [[Category:B1 grammar points]]
- {{Basic Grammar|还在|B1|还在 + Verb / Adj.|你 <em>还在</em> 看 书？|grammar point|ASGIRILI}}
- {{Used for|Adding more explanation}}
- {{Used for|Connecting ideas}}
- {{POS|Adverbs with Adjectives}}
- {{Similar|Expressing "and also" with "hai"}}
- {{Similar|Moderating positive adjectives with "hai"}}
- {{Translation|still}}
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